With Windows 7 making its debut, a lot of the Vista haters are saying, “Thanks for stopping by, Vista!”. I suppose I can’t blame them. I never adopted Vista personally, choosing to stick with XP. I like to stick with what works, and it didn’t take long before all of the problems with the public version of Vista were brought to light. I have always taken a wait-n-see attitude when it comes to new releases by Microsoft. I figure, “What’s the rush?” Just because Microsoft tells me I need it yesterday is not a good enough reason. I’ll let the public and especially the business sector test it for me first. If it turns out to be a stable product with useful enhancements, we can adopt it later. The early bird may get the worm, but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese!

Now having said all that, I have to admit that I’m feeling a little sorry for ol’ Vista these days. I have been playing around with Vista Business SP2 for a while now and I would honestly say it’s not so bad. “What?! Are you out of your mind!” I can hear it all now. But wait a second, keep in mind that I am

speaking as a home user. Someone that checks e-mail, surfs the internet, balances their checkbook, etc. That is the type of user that should not have a problem with Vista. As far as the business sector is concerned, Windows 7 all the way! Although I’ll be waiting to hear about “7″ before I adopt it.

I have to say that the different look of Vista threw me for a short time, and some of the terminology has changed (just to confuse us, Bill?), but I quickly got used to it and now I kinda like it. I guess I’ve grown tired of the same look of workhorse XP. I can, however, see where some home users and other people who are not exactly computer savvy would get lost in the world of Vista. Do you really want to frustrate your customers, Bill?

One thing I did learn very quickly was that unless you have at least 2GB of RAM on your PC, don’t even attempt loading and using Vista. Vista is a huge resource hog and should not be loaded on “older” PC’s which may have less RAM(memory) and processor speed.

Yes, I have encountered a couple of annoyances such as an encrypted jump drive that would not work but overall I can’t complain too much. So, in closing, I would say that if you don’t have an upgrade package or if you simply cannot afford to buy the Windows 7 upgrade right now, it’s not the end of the world (that will happen in 2012 – just kidding!). Just make sure that your PC has enough memory and power under the hood and I think you’ll be fine. You may even start to (Heaven forbid!) like Windows Vista.

By: Larry Gustafson

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